Newly minted UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov endured being the target of the craziest UFC event in history, when Conor McGregor and several of his men decided to launch a full-blown attack on the UFC 223 fighter bus.
The controversial attack has sparked a new rivalry between the UFC’s Irish and Russian fighters, and it likely won’t slow down anytime soon.
Now, in a new interview with Russia’s Match TV, Khabib questions whether or not the UFC knew McGregor was planning an attack.
Here’s Khabib’s statement (Translated):
“Could the situation with McGregor happen with the consent of the head of UFC White? Everything can be. I don’t know.”
“I was locked inside the bus and was not let out, and they did not let him in. Such a little clownery was. I’m not used to such things. Where I grew up, we decide questions a little differently. Perhaps you saw that a couple of days before that – I like a direct approach, if you want to tell me something, you have to tell me in person. But they chose other “conversations”.”
“All this show, clownery. It’s hard to comment. Would I like to get out? Of course. All my family and friends know that I would not only go out. What should I do to fight with McGregor? I do not have to do anything. I am the champion here, at this weight; there are no more temporary, fake champions, nor those champions who do not protect the belt for two years.”
“The champion is now the one who fought twice in the last three months. I am here to protect the belt and after Ramadan I will start heavy training. Then we’ll see. As the UFC decides, we will do.”
